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July 2022 · News · product
MC x La Pavoni - the perfect combination
Does cycling revolve around coffee or does coffee revolve around cycling? It doesn't matter, cycling is synonymous with coffee. Cycling and coffee is the perfect combination. MC and La Pavoni is also a perfect combination. We are proud of the masterpiece La Pavoni coffee machine in the MC Clubhouse, and you may have a
July 2022 · News
LE TOUR DES FEMMES
As the men's Tour drew to a close after a fascinating and exciting 3 weeks of racing, the women were underway for an historic and significant step-up in professional women's cycling and the important TV coverage. Join us to watch live at the MC Clubhouse!
July 2022 · News
MC VELO X ATQ KIT LAUNCHED FOR 2022
Each year we release a new kit design, exclusively for our MC Velo members. The 2022 edition had now landed the MC Clubhouse and ready to roll! This is the 15th edition of MC kit designs and we are super pleased with the design and the team up with Attaquer for MC Velo. The 2022 kit is based on the Attaquer Race Colle
July 2022 · Real People
UCI WORLD CHAMPS COURSE WOLLONGONG
This Sunday MC Velo members will be riding the World Champs Course in Wollongong. This is a tremendous opportunity to ride it before the pros do in September. Join MC Velo for great rides like this!
July 2022 · News · product
Madone SLR Gen7 sets a new standard of speed
The Madone SLR Gen 7 is the lightest, fastest Madone disc Trek has ever made - featuring race-ready details and proprietary Trek IsoFlow technology that shave weight, improve speed and aerodynamics, and smooth the road ahead.
June 2022 · News
Meet Eddy in the Clubhouse
Eddy Merckx is considered the greatest cyclist of all time being the most successful racer in competitive cycling we have seen. This is his bike which you can see in the MC Clubhouse during July. Tour de France. TdF.
June 2022 · News
Le Tour de France @ MC Velo Clubhouse
Le Tour starts on 1 July. Are you ready? Le Tour des Femmes will begin on 24 July as the men's Tour finishes. That's an entire month of cycling in France! MC will be organising stage watching events around the Tour at the Clubhouse and highlights each morning after rides for our MC Velo members. There will be no better
May 2022 · News · people
New adventures for Max -> looking for new Clubhouse General Manager
After two and a bit years, Max is leaving us to start new adventures in Byron Bay. Max has been with us through the darkest depths of the 'rona virus and two lockdowns - to the absolute high of moving into our all new MC Clubhouse. Of course this means we are now seeking a new superstar manager for our Kensington Club
May 2022 · News · product
MC x UDOG
We are stoked to announce a very exciting new road cycling shoe to MC in partnership with bold new enterprise UDOG from Italy. In advance and in celebration of the launch, MC Velo members will receive a free pair of (very comfy and stylish) UDOG socks with every pair. This is a very limited offer and available for the
May 2022 · News
EASTERN SYDNEY CYCLEWAYS ANNOUNCED
It is great to hear about more cycling infrastructure in Sydney. In April, a network of strategic cycle paths across parts of eastern Sydney was revealed in a NSW government plan to complete missing connections and link suburbs, to encourage more people to ride. The draft blueprint includes 30 strategic cycleway corri
Apr 2022 · News
2022 World Champs in Wollongong - and looking for volunteers
Wollongong 2022 Businesses and residents are preparing for an action-packed week of cycling and cultural activities when the 2022 UCI Road World Championships come to Wollongong in September. The Championships will feature the Team Time Trial Mixed Relay, Individual Time Trials, Road Races, Community events and Activat
Apr 2022 · Real People · gravel
Gravelleros go Glen Innes
Freedom and ideas of escape have become stronger for many of us over the past two years. As suggested by the increasing popularity of gravel riding and bikepacking, nothing captures this better than the idea of empty and open roads in the country, travelling by bike. So any temptation to book a trip away to the country
Mar 2022 · News
MC Velo 2022 - MCxATQ
It's time to shake it up again with MC Velo kit design and we are pretty stoked with the result! This year the MC Velo jersey and kit will come with an upgrade for you all care of the Attaquer Race collection. We will shortly make available a range of MCV kit options, including bundles for our best value deals yet. Bib
Feb 2022 · Real People · people
The Long Road to Siena - Stage 1
It was on the last few days of what was an amazing bike tour of the Puglia region in Italy where I was offered a ride in L’Eroica the following year. I must admit I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into, but I knew A’qto (the tour company) would make it the most wonderful experience ever, so I just said yes withou
Feb 2022 · News
Hey Cyclists: Quit Obsessing Over Your Weight!
Speed, power, nutrition, and rest, are things we often talk about as cyclists and are as important as selecting/fitting the right bike. We have also seen how a cyclist’s balance can be put right off when only one of these is prioritised or one is ignored. For example, nutrition, or not properly fuelling your body befo
Jan 2022 · News · bikefit
Philip Hayes joins MC as Resident Performance Coach & Bike Fitter
NEW MC CLUBHOUSE COLLAB WITH ‘CONNECT TO PERFORM’ PHILIP HAYES JOINS MC AS RESIDENT PERFORMANCE COACH AND BIKE FITTER MC is pleased to get 2022 rolling by announcing that as part of its new collaboration with Connect to Perform, Philip Hayes has joined MC as Resident Performance Coach & Bike Fitter. This extends an
Dec 2021 · News · gravel
"Vous êtes des assassins!"
FiftyOne Bikes released the Assassin today. The Assassin is a factory-made gravel bike that gives you the freedom to suit any riding and terrain. We have been looking forward to its arrival and are stoked to have the first of these innovative frames landing in Australia. Gravel riding is not only growing fast globally
Dec 2021 · News
Christmas trading hours
Not only do we have your holiday riding plans sorted with the MC Velo 500HECTIC500 but we have plenty of cycling essentials for the holidays available at the MC Clubhouse. Drop in for a browse of our latest items, a coffee and a chat. Here are our opening times over the holiday period. Friday 24/12 (Christmas Eve): 9a
Nov 2021 · Real People
Feeling HECTIC?
The end of any normal year can feel hectic, with the mad rush of things to get done, lunches and catchups, as holidays approach. We all seem to get busier as the year-end approaches. And we are sure that at the end of 2021, after lockdowns and uncertainty, this is even more true for you too. And so it feels more than
Oct 2021 · News
Cycling and the Australian economy
At MC we love to ride bikes and we love to hear about the impacts cycling brings to our lives. A new report released today rolls that out today. In addition to obvious health benefits and environmental impacts, this new report by WeRide Australia and EY has identified that cycling adds more than $6.3 billion per annum
Oct 2021 · News
Ready for Freedom Day
We are unpacked, set up, and ready to go at our new MC Clubhouse (108 Anzac Parade, Kensington - corner of Anzac Parade & Goodwood). This is an exciting era for MC which commences after more than 45 years in the same location in Maroubra, to be closer to Centennial Park, and exactly halfway between Maroubra and t
Oct 2021 · News
We have moved to an exciting new location!
After over 45 years in the same location in Maroubra, we have moved to our new home & Clubhouse, just 4km along Anzac Parade, even closer to Centennial Park, and exactly halfway between Maroubra and the city. Today we are trading from our new location in Kensington. It is a new location, but many things won’t chan
Sept 2021 · Real People · people
Darwin to Adelaide: 3,700kms in just over 12 days on a bike.
On June 1st, author, sport journalist and endurance athlete, Rupert Guinness embarked on an epic journey from Darwin aiming to cross Australia, North to South on a bike. It’s not often you get to hear first hand about adventures like this. In late October, Rupert will be speaking about the challenges of the journey whi
Sept 2021 · News
We are getting ready for our new Clubhouse - some temporary changes to opening days & times
As we start to get ready for the exciting move to our new clubhouse down the road, we are restructuring our opening days and times for the next few weeks. Until early October, we will be closed Mondays (until 11 October) and operate click & collect weekdays Tuesday-Friday between 9am-1pm (until 14 September). Here